Information Technology Ethics

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Information Technology Ethics

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Introduction

Information technology has brought about significant changes in many aspects of human life . Areas that have been significantly altered by advances in information technology include commerce and business employment , medicine , education , security , entertainment as well as transportation . As such , information technology has the potential to affect education , freedom , community life and information passage and in both positive and negative ways . Consequently , advances in information technology have been accompanied by at least

one ethical issue . As a result of this , information technology users are left unaware of the thin line between ethics and profit made by providers . Therefore software developers and individual information technology users must rethink the rights and wrongs of information technology usage Fundamental ethical issues in information technology have mainly been users ' privacy expectations as well as the ethical responsibility of providers (Hongladarom Ess , 2007

Malware also known as malicious software is a major ethical issue in the information technology field . Malicious software refers to software developed with the capacity to access computer systems without knowledge and consent of owners . The term malicious software is generally used by computer professionals to refer to unwarranted intrusive and annoying software 's . However , software can only be categorized as Malware on the basis of developer 's intentions and not by any specific features . Major examples of malicious software include computer viruses , Trojan horses worms , spyware as well as dishonest adware . Simply put , malicious software is unwanted software...